Salih al Alai

Salih al Alai (1050-) was the Bey of Mosul and a general of the Sultanate of Rum. During the Seljuk Civil Wars, Salih al Alai fought for Jalal ad-Dawlah and aided him in his rise to power by aiding in the capture of Baghdad in 1098. For that, he became known as "Salih the Holy Warrior".

Biography
Salih al Alai was the ruler of the Beylik of Mosul of the Seljuk Empire, and was a smart and religiously-minded man with a talent for command. Al Alai led a jihad against the Abbasid Caliphate city of Baghdad and captured it in 1098, and it became a major city of the Sultanate of Rum. It became the world's largest city under his rule.